Short answer: Telefon takes the article das (das Telefon). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “phone” in English.
Telefon: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Phone
- Topic
- Home and daily life
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Telefon take das?
No suffix rule covers Telefon, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Telefon as something green.
See the article rules →Telefon in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Telefon |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Telefon |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Telefon |
